Scranton, Pennsylvania (usa)

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton, Pennsylvania ranks 958th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Manisa, Jyväskylä, and Wuppertal. Memorable people born in Scranton, Pennsylvania include Joe Biden, Howard Gardner, and Robert Reich. Memorable people who died in Scranton, Pennsylvania include Don Budge, Peter Steele, and Jason Miller. Scranton, Pennsylvania has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many tennis players, and singers. Scranton, Pennsylvania is located in United States.

Scranton is a second A class city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 at the 2020 census, Scranton is the sixth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous city in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is part of the Wyoming Valley metropolitan area, which includes five cities and more than 40 boroughs forming a contiguous urban corridor with an estimated 574,000 residents. It is located 56 miles (90 km) north of Allentown, 104 miles (167 km) north-northwest of Philadelphia, and 99 miles (159 km) west-northwest of New York City. Read more on Wikipedia